CHAMPION: Larouche Wins 2015 Experience Classic

Levis, Quebec

SKIP
Marie-France
Larouche

Third
Brenda
Nicholls

Second
Annie
Lemay

Lead
Julie
Rainville

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	11.94
PA/G:	4.84
Hammer Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.50

Marie-France Larouche (Levis, QC) won 7-5 over Lauren Mann (Quebec , QC) in the Final of the Experience Classic, held December 1 - 6, 2015 in Baie dUrfe, Quebec. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Larouche won 9-3 over Celeste Butler-Rohland (Ottawa, ON) to advance to the championship game. of the 2015 Experience Classic in Baie dUrfe, Quebec;

Larouche finished 3-0 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Larouche defeated Camille Lapierre (Montreal, QC) 6-5, then won 8-0 against Jenn Hanna (Ottawa, ON) and 7-2 against Catherine Derick (Thurso, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Experience Classic Championship title, Larouche earned 13.070 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 26 spots the World Ranking Standings into 87th place overall with 34.762 total points. Larouche ranks 64th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 34.762 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Carruthers Slides into A-Qualifier

Manitoba's Reid Carruthers (photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) defeated his home province rival Jordon mcDonald 6-3 to advance to the A-Qualifier game at the ATB Okotoks Classic in Okotoks, Alberta.

Kubota Challenge: Gord Bamford vs Brad Gushue

EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E20: Two-time U.S. Olympian Jessica...

A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more)
MIKE THE CURLING GUY: Doing Jello Shots with my Kids...

I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more)
WORLD CURLING REPORT: November 27th, 2019

On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
FROM THE HACK: From the Hack Podcast - November...

On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)
STONE + STRAW: S02:EP06 - Jason Gunnlaugson

Host John Cullen travels to Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the Tour Challenge to interview Winnipeg's own Jason Gunnlaugson. Though Gunnlaugson has yet to win a... (read more)